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Easter egg learning activities for preschoolers

Memory game activity for preschoolers with Easter eggs

Memory game activity for preschoolers is easy to set up. It can be customized according to the child’s ability. We used the plastic Easter eggs to make  sight words  memory game. My preschooler shows a lot of interest to read and also loves hands on sight words activities .  Memory game activity for preschoolers! Materials needed …

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Plastic Easter egg activities : Hands on name recognition

Easter egg activities : Name recognition

The cheap plastic Easter eggs can be used for art ideas and learning activities. We had painted them with nail polish and decorated them with aluminium foil.  Now, we used it for a name recognition activity. This idea can be tailored for sight words or math. These Easter egg activities are simple to set up but …

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Color mixing activities for preschool

Color mixing activities : Ice play

We reused the ice cubes used in our ice color sorting activity, to do a color mixing activity. Color mixing activities teach kids about making new colors from basic colors. Ice adds an additional interest making this activity a hit with preschoolers and toddlers. Color mixing activities! Materials needed for this color mixing activity: Ice …

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Painting with watercolor glue

Watercolor art projects – Glue and watercolor

We love watercolor art projects. Have you seen our watercolor art projects like peacock painting or tulip painting? Painting gives my daughters instant satisfaction. Today I am sharing about a Valentines day watercolor painting made with glue and watercolor. Watercolor art projects! Materials needed for this project : Watercolor – We used liquid watercolors Spray …

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Geo board ideas for kids

Valentines day fine motor activity : Geoboard heart

My preschooler needs a lot of activities to develop her fine motor skills. I believe Valentines day is not just about sharing gifts and cards. We can create so many fun developmental activities around it. I created a heart Geoboard for my preschooler. This Valentines day fine motor activity is easy to create and provides …

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I spy game ideas for preschool

I spy game : play and spy in ice cubes

We played the classic I spy game in the ice cubes. Kids love to play I spy game. Kids love to play with ice cubes. So I need not tell that this activity became an instant hit in our house. It is very simple to set up with everyday items available at home. I Spy game Materials needed …

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Valentine's day literacy activity for preschool

Valentine Crafts – Alphabet Heart Garland

We made a pretty heart garland as part of our Valentine crafts. I made it a literacy valentine craft for my preschooler by making it an alphabet heart garland. This activity is good for letter recognition and fine motor skill. It is easy to set up. I have used for letter recognition, however can be …

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Christmas counting ideas for preschoolers

Christmas Math

I love to introduce math concepts through games and art. My preschooler and I decorated Christmas trees with tissue paper berries.  This simple Christmas math activity improves fine motor skills, teaches number recognition and counting. Let us see how I set up this activity and how we played! Materials Needed (Affiliation links used) Neenah Astrobrights Color …

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Hands on phonetics activities for preschoolers

Fun hands on phonetics activity

We used my preschooler’s peg board to do this simple and fun hands on phonetics activity. This activity can be done with mega bloks or LEGO or any other building toys available at home. My daughter was excited to use her toy in a different way!   Affiliation links are used in the post. Materials needed: 1. Peg …

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Preschooler activity transferring water

Water transfer activity with kitchen towel

Transferring water with kitchen towel is a very simple activity. As the name explains, the idea is to transfer water from one bowl to another with kitchen towel. This activity was initiated by my preschooler. She was playing with water and was cleaning the spills with kitchen towel. She transferred the water in the soaked …

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